Chapter 30- Abdominal & Genitourinary Injuries

Question 1

Closed abdominal injury

Answer 1

An injury in which there is soft-tissue damage inside the body but the skin remains intact.

Question 2

Evisceration

Answer 2

The displacement of organs outside of the body.

Question 3

Flank

Answer 3

The region below the rib cage and above the hip.

Question 4

Guarding

Answer 4

Contracting the stomach muscles to minimize the pain of abdominal movement; a sign of peritonitis.

Question 5

Hematuria

Answer 5

Blood in the urine.

Question 6

Hollow organs

Answer 6

Stomach, small intestines, large intestines, ureters, urinary bladder, colon, gallbladder, bile ducts, and Fallopian tubes.

Question 7

Solid organs

Answer 7

Liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, ovaries and uterus.

Question 8

Melena

Answer 8

Black, tarry stools

Question 9

Open abdominal injury.

Answer 9

An injury in which there is a break in the surface of the skin or mucous membrane, exposing deeper tissue to life that contamination.

Question 10

Peritoneal cavity

Answer 10

The abdominal cavity

Question 11

Peritoneum

Answer 11

The membrane lining the abdominal cavity (parietal peritoneum) and covering abdominal organs (visceral peritoneum)